Authors (reference) Number of patients Clinical outcome measures Outcomes Potential factors Katz et al., 2009 [14 ] 40 shoulders (39 patients) SST, patient satisfaction 71% of those with poor outcome dissatisfied with conservative treatment Not discussed Brockmeier et al., 2009 [6 ] 47 ASES, L’Insalata 87% good to excellent Higher outcomes after traumatic etiology Boileau et al., 2009 [21 ] 10 (15 others with BT) Constant, patient satisfaction (i) Constant score 65 → 83 Not discussed Yung et al., 2008 [22 ] 16 UCLA, physical exam 31% excellent, 44% good, 25% poor Overhead athletes required longer time to RTP Park et al., 2008 [15 ] 24 UCLA, VAS (i) UCLA: 22.7 → 29.9 Mechanism of injury did not impact outcomes Oh et al., 2008 [23 ] 25 (58 total in study, only 25 with isolated SLAP lesions) VAS, ASES, UCLA, SST, constant Significant improvements: Not discussed Voos et al., 2007 [13 ] 30 (combined RCT with SLAP or Bankart) ASES, L’Insalata (i) 90% good to excellent Not discussed Funk and Snow, 2007 [24 ] 18 Satisfaction, time to RTP 89% satisfaction Isolated SLAP lesions had quickest return to play Enad et al., 2007 [9 ] 27 (15 with isolated tears), military population ASES, UCLA Excellent in 4, good in 20, fair in 3 Higher outcomes scores in pts with concomitant diagnosis Coleman et al., 2007 [8 ] 50 (16 with concomitant acromioplasty) ASES, L’Insalata, (i) 65% good to excellent in SLAP only group Not discussed Cohen et al., 2006 [7 ] 39 ASES, L’Insalata, (i) 71% satisfied Athletes and pts with rotator cuff piercing with worse outcomes Ide et al., 2005 [25 ] 40, all overhead athletes Modified Rowe (i) Rowe: 27.5 → 92.1 Traumatic etiology with better return to activity than overuse etiology Kim et al., 2002 [11 ] 34 UCLA (i) 94% satisfied Overhead sports with lower ASES (
) and lower return to preinjury level (
) O’Brien et al., 2002 [12 ] 31 ASES, L’Insalata (i) 52% return to preinjury level Not discussed
